Please tell me I’m not the only one who’s ever done this… I spent several minutes trying to sand and buff a dark streak out of a table top today thinking it was a result of not having done a very good job of wiping the oil off of it when I put a coat of finish on it last week. I finally turned it around to get a better look at it under the light and to figure out why I seemed to be getting nowhere only to have it comepletely dissapear. That’s when I realized it was just a f@#$&%g shadow from the crappy shop lights I have. It’s not the first time I have done this and it certainly won’t be the last. I really hope this is not a unique talent of mine…

-- Don - I wood work if I could. Redmond WA.

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Had the same thing happen t me years ago. After making a fool of my self, and feeling stupid, I turned it around and got my bosses over to see it and pulled it off on them. Soon they were bringing over people to see the “defect”. It ended up to be the joke of the day. That was 18 or so years ago at Pennsylvania House, while I was working as a repairman. I have since pulled this stunt on a few other friends, you just have to laugh it off! I did.

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